We all hitchiked to wherever we wanted to go in the 60's and 70's. We never had any 'issues'. We hitched coast to coast, hitched to Woodstock....we all hitched. Everything was....Peace..Love and Rock&Roll! Everyone was a 'Flower Child'. Thanks.
@rmacdougallaliasdogviticus
Жыл бұрын
back in '69 the fellow who picked us up hitchin' was getting pulled over by the law. He pulls a 45 from under his jacket, chambers a round then puts it back under his jacket, but nothing happened, cop gave him a warning. We got out at the next light. Not so Everyone was a 'Flower Child'. Cheers.
@bigsteve9279
Жыл бұрын
I was a hitchhikin’ fool back in the day! 👍
@bill8384
Жыл бұрын
At that time it was fairly common to hitch across country. Interstate highways were a new thing!
@bigsteve9279
Жыл бұрын
Most folks who picked people up seemed to have some smoke to share… sometimes folks might pick somebody up hopin’ we had some smoke to share. 💨😶🌫️ Share the love ❤️
@gregzaffuto4507
Жыл бұрын
Wonder what Jay and Amber would say if they listened to Sammy John's song "Chevy Van"? Thats kinda like the ultimate picking up a hitchhiker experience.
@hellokimmy68
Жыл бұрын
Oh my gosh, closing my eyes, I'm a little girl in the backseat of my parents' car and this is playing on the radio as we went for a Sunday drive. Around the same time as this, there was another song by the band Lobo called "Me and You and a Dog Named Boo", and I remember hearing both of them repeatedly as we'd drive around. Amber would probably really like that one, too.
@carlaharrington5120
Жыл бұрын
Probably on a mix tape labeled "road tunes"!!! Nothing quite like all your fave tunes blaring out of the car stereo on a road trip!!
@hokep61
Жыл бұрын
I had Totally forgot about Dog named Boo! Gonna see if I can find it online!
@jeanstrickland2445
Жыл бұрын
I love that song too 🙋🏻♀️
@eurofritz4617
Жыл бұрын
Lobo was a solo artist, I had "I'd Love You to Want Me" song on my very first very own record as a kid, K-Tels Dynamite! Both great songs :)
@bloppysloppy2283
Жыл бұрын
Lobo(Kent LaVoie) was a great soft rock artist. So many great songs. They definitely need to react to "Me and You and a Dog Named Boo".
@martylawrance
Жыл бұрын
I was born in 1954 the 60s and 70s was a great time to be a teenager. Pop music like this, Woodstock, The Beatles the list is endless
@bryanwhitton1784
Жыл бұрын
Cool. I was born in December of 54.
@kellahella5286
Жыл бұрын
`56 here. We had sooo much freedom. Just be home for dinner.
@jodyjackson5475
Жыл бұрын
Feb 54. Was truly the greatest time to grow up ❤
@bryanwhitton1784
Жыл бұрын
@@jodyjackson5475 Going to be attending my 50 year high school reunion this summer. I am looking forward to it. Class of about 400 and so far only 14 have signed up to attend with two maybes. A little concerned why so few.
@angelayoung7594
Жыл бұрын
Same, 1954...Great music growing up!!
@laurafoote214
Жыл бұрын
i remember when i was younger dancing to this song with my friends, these songs lately are taking me down memory lane 😊 yes back then it was much safer of a world, people cared about each other and were nice to each other, sad to see those days gone.
@johndalley1288
Жыл бұрын
I have always loved this song and it's another banger from the early 70's. No better time to a teenager growing up to live everything about the music.
@johndalley1288
Жыл бұрын
Ops sorry I was one year off. 1969
@greg2976
Жыл бұрын
@@johndalley1288 👍
@bigsteve9279
Жыл бұрын
Makes me think of ‘the Stampeders’ ~ ‘Sweet City Woman’ …Huge Hit! Big Banjo 🪕
@suegreene7841
Жыл бұрын
@@bigsteve9279 Love Sweet City Woman!!!
@mariogmajner6549
Жыл бұрын
@@suegreene7841 Sounds very beatlesque
@theresabranford3527
Жыл бұрын
I love that Amber loves the 60s and 70s music. You're getting there too Jordan! ❤😊
@dianefurlong2911
Жыл бұрын
This is one of my absolute favorites from my teens. I’m singing along ❤
@marybaillie8907
Жыл бұрын
From the 1970 album Hitchin' A Ride, this British Band had a big hit with this happy tune making it to the Billboard Hot 100's at Number 5. It sold 1,000,000 records and hit gold record level. You're right Jordan, it is 2 recorders highlighting throughout this song. An electric piano has a great bass line repetition that's made this a popular tune. Hitchhiking was quite common back in the 70's, but the world was a kinder place back then. Great reaction. Buckets of Maple Syrup love from Canada ❤️❤️ 🇨🇦🇨🇦
@Pushindazees
Жыл бұрын
Hitchhiking was definitely common back then. Remember, that was before the Manson family and in the 70s serial killers became a big thing. Love this song, it definitely harkens back to a more innocent age.
@mikewingate284
Жыл бұрын
The Manson family was exactly during this time period.
@stevedavis5704
Жыл бұрын
According to the people who study stuff like this every one worries about picking up a pyscho hitchhiker but in reality the bulk of the known crime during hitchhiking was committed against the hitchhiker not the motorist who picked them up. Hitchhiking was pretty common up until the mid seventies and then for a variety of reasons it pretty much died out. You will occasionally still see people hitching but they are seldom by themselves. The last time I picked up a couple and their dog I was able to give them a ride from Joplin Missouri to Grand Island Nebraska. There are a few rules I follow mainly I seldom pick up anyone if I’m alone in the car and I never let anyone ride behind me in the car that I don’t know. I’m truly not sure which is a better position to be in asking for the ride or giving the ride. There are whole shows on tv that talk about serial killers that drive a lot on a daily route that use the opportunity to collect victims that frequently aren’t even missed for months or years. They just leave home, frequently as an underage runaway and are never seen again.I have been in both positions and I can tell you it sucks to have to be asking for a ride. I lived in a small town in Nebraska and the mayor had a heart attack and was told to get more exercise. So he started walking the six blocks from home to work. He said he never realized how many people wanted to kill him cuz even after it was known he was walking by choice there would be two or three people every day try to give him a ride. But that’s the way a small friendly town is.
@carolmartin4413
Жыл бұрын
Believe it or not..this was really a popular song in the mid-sixties..and I still like it. Simple, upbeat, dancing down the street...yup.😊😊😊
@wendyryder2708
Жыл бұрын
Mid sixties????? I thought it was done early seventies? Could be wrong!
@carolmartin4413
Жыл бұрын
@@wendyryder2708 thought 1969?
@ionestevens1846
Жыл бұрын
When it was safe to hitch hike
@Jett371
Жыл бұрын
I still have it on 45rpm. I got this song cuz my sisters wouldn't let me buy "Gimme Dat Ding"
@acen2709
Жыл бұрын
They should play some canned heat. Best hippie music Eva
@johnk.2508
Жыл бұрын
This was my favorite song when I was 4-5 years old. I was lucky to have grown up when I did, the music was so awesome!
@dcmphotog8452
Жыл бұрын
Loved this song in 1969 when I was a kid and it was a big radio hit. Still love it today. Always makes me smile.
@willow0828
Жыл бұрын
I was born in 61. By the time we got to the end of the 60s beginning, of the 70s. I was at an age where I started to appreciate music. For me the music from the 60s through the 70s. Really was the best era.
@danielmurphy4429
Жыл бұрын
Hey Squad, I’m so glad you continue to seek out the musical treasures from the sixties. There is an entire banquet of spectacular songs of that era - I hope you’re hungry! You need to take a ‘bite out of the Grass Roots’, they had several hit songs during this time, you’ll love ‘em! Keep up the great work you do, it it massively appreciated. With love and respect.
@bigsteve9279
Жыл бұрын
They did ‘Let’s Live For Today’… a few months back. I was wishing for HUGE HITS like ‘Midnight Confessions’, ‘Temptation Eyes’ ‘Two Divided By Love’ ‘Sooner Or Later’ The Grassroots were on American Bandstand over 20 times! There’s a video of a young, groovy, hippie Kenny Rogers introducing the Grassroots for a tv appearance. I think it’s Two Divided By Love
@donnalawrence4666
Жыл бұрын
The Grassroots were so popular but is like no one remembers them nowadays. One of my all time favorite bands.
@janhofschulte6229
Жыл бұрын
Two Divided by Love and Sooner or Later! My favorites!
@bigsteve9279
Жыл бұрын
@Donna I’ve suggested and commented about the Grassroots a hundred times and have emailed quite a few times. We KNOW that Amber will absolutely love em’! …gotta see em’ in a performance video. Rob and Kenny are such great singers with charisma.
@danielmurphy4429
Жыл бұрын
@@bigsteve9279 Yeah, a great catalog to pick from. I especially love Temptation Eyes.
@faithnyou1732
Жыл бұрын
This song was released in 1969, but reached number 5 on the Hot 100 in the U.S. in 1970. It was a very popular song. And yes, it was very common to hitchhike back in the 60s/70s! I never did it, but my brothers did it a lot! Thanks for this reaction! ✌💙✌
@dalejestes8166
Жыл бұрын
I remember sitting around the record player listening to all our 45 rpm records and this was one of them... .
@johnnielson4341
Жыл бұрын
One reason this song sounds so good is that it is a blues based I-IV-V in C which is always pleasing to the ear. Very common songwriting technique back then and even today.
@sourisvoleur4854
Жыл бұрын
Also the instruments hitting on the second 8th note of each beat, which is really ear-catching.
@jimallison6125
Жыл бұрын
A friend and I hitched all across the US in 1973 and we used to sing this song to ourselves. Brings back good memories.
@colibri1
Жыл бұрын
This song reminded me that hitchhiking was pretty common back in the sixties and seventies. You used to see people doing it all the time. And the band's name sounds similar to the name of the magazine and novel and other historical uses of the phrase, but it's spelled different, the spelling "fare" suggesting that you have to pay a fare - a cost - for vanity.
@debibailey2968
Жыл бұрын
Love the fun songs from the 60's! Brings back my childhood listening to the AM radio all the time! 😆. Hope your day is better now Jay! ❤️. Back in the day hitchhiking was common. I've only picked up one hitchhiker in my life and I knew him. 😂
@jokepy4230
Жыл бұрын
At one time I had to hitch a ride to work every day because my lift was always late. In the late 1960s, my big sister hitched from England to Turkey and back with a friend.
@Earcandy73
Жыл бұрын
This song represents the era of 1969-71 which was a unique transitional sound. Jay nailed it- Blues Image’s Ride Captain Ride is an example, as is King Harvest’s Dancing in the Moonlight.
@ohjoy6
Жыл бұрын
Also "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" by Edison Lighthouse and "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)" by Looking Glass, about that same time, too. Good music.
@tomst.antoine7742
Жыл бұрын
Ride Captain Ride, one of my favourites
@tomstephenson4861
Жыл бұрын
Back in the early 70's my best friend and I used to hitch a ride to the skating rink about 20 miles away. Parents would not have approved. We actually got picked up by a priest once. He took us all the way to our destination out of his way. Kids, do NOT do that today!
@bigsteve9279
Жыл бұрын
‘Sweet City Woman’ ~ by The Stampeders Early 70’s Huge Hit! BIG BANJO 🪕
@aarongoldstein7614
Жыл бұрын
Only song to make reference to macaroons.
@bigsteve9279
Жыл бұрын
Right! 😆😆😆
@jeffjones6221
Жыл бұрын
OMG...I haven't heard this tune since a Ktell record in like 1970
@mikemaggio6429
Жыл бұрын
Wow, I remember as a 10 year old sitting in my big sisters room listening to this song! She just passed not long ago, so thanks for the memories.
@paulwalker9421
Жыл бұрын
Great song! Different time with hitch hikers every were. Not today !
@joelanderos23
Жыл бұрын
I was stationed in Germany at Fliegerhorst kaserne in 75-76 and these guys showed up and performed in the EM (enlisted men's) club. They put on a great show for us.
@TimothyHerring-rt8sy
Жыл бұрын
Another hidden gem from the early 70' was When you say love by Sonny and Cher 👍👍👍
@timothyallen4267
Жыл бұрын
Lots of great music came from the 60s / 70s Gary Puckett and the union gap had a lot of good songs I think you would like 👍🎵✌️🎶
@reality1958
Жыл бұрын
My goodness. I haven’t heard this song in probably 40 years
@reneerocha1796
Жыл бұрын
Oh boy o boy o boy !!! 😊❤🎶🎶 A favorite!! such a feel good song!!
@steveandtammyb
Жыл бұрын
I was 12 that year! Remember it well! It was a very popular song. We did grow up at the best time for music. What’s amazing to me is that is still just barely touching the surface because there really was so much good music in the 60s and 70s. My very first favorite song at 8 years old was Little Red Ridin’ Hood by Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs! Yeah, you saw hitch hikers a lot in those days!
@kathytoy5055
Жыл бұрын
Magazine - Vanity Fair; Band - Vanity Fare. Lots of groups did this kind of naming, e.g. The Beatles.
@kevincaulder20
Жыл бұрын
As I listened to this really good memory from yesterday, I noticed the end of this song reminds me of another. The song is VENUS. The group is Shocking Blue. It was cool and features the sharp vocals of Mariska Veres. A vote for Female Friday. Other nominations for Female Friday are, Alicia Bridges - I LOVE THE NIGHTLIFE. Gladys Knight and the Pips from the Midnight Special - NEITHER ONE OF US. And finally, Taylor Dayne - SEND ME A LOVER. Love the ladies. Enjoy
@RobertoSantana61
Жыл бұрын
I recently suggested " I Love The Nightlife" to them too.
@robertmiller2633
Жыл бұрын
Definitely tones of Shocking Blue.
@Gloren50
Жыл бұрын
It was a song that told how we all hitch-hiked back in the 1960s-70s. In the summer of 1972, I hitched from Seattle to Wash. D.C., up to Boston, then all the way to Montreal and back again to Seattle. It took two months. I met the most amazing people and had the most interesting experiences. I learned to love America on that trip. Yes, I picked up hitch-hikers. Once I picked up a 14 year girl in the Seattle area and I drove her all the way to Portland. Primarily, because I thought she was too young to be hitching and I wanted to make sure she got to where she was going. It was a 3 hour drive, 6 hours there and back, but I didn't care. People picked me up and took me where I needed to go, and I was just doing the right thing. I'm not sure that we Americans have that attitude anymore. It feels crazy out there and I'm not sure I'd pick up a hitch-hiker. Sad comment.
@plickerticker8754
Жыл бұрын
Memories ❤
@leetroy3129
Жыл бұрын
I had this 45 record when I was a little kid. Loved it then. Love it now! ✌️❤️They were a one hit wonder.
@chatham43
Жыл бұрын
....still have the single.....
@nitwitt50
Жыл бұрын
Another song I'm listened to hundreds of times. It is a mood lifter for me.
@dagmar.6954
Жыл бұрын
Another one of the great English pop/rock group from the 60's. "Hitchin' A Ride" was their biggest hit. They had some other songs such as "I Live For The Sun", "Early In The Morning" etc.
@Jessica_Roth
Жыл бұрын
Actually, their biggest UK hit was their previous single, "Early in the Morning" (#8 UK, #12 US), but this was a strong follow-up. (#5 US, #16 UK). And then they fell off of a cliff. Over a dozen singles released in the next decade, only one hit the UK charts ("Better by Far" got to #54) and none charted in the US. No idea what happened.
@seanswinton6242
Жыл бұрын
Early In the Morning was my favourite.
@rrailguitar2211
Жыл бұрын
Those harmonies are fantastic, worthy of comparison to Brian Wilson's efforts setting up the Beach Boys vocals. They sound like four parts for sure, doing jazz chords, really cool. I also like the way the guitar and keyboards blend on the break. The recorder is a great instrumental hook that sticks in your memory. Vanity Fare was a two hit wonder band; they earlier charted with "Early In The Morning." I believe the name was inspired by "Vanity Fair" which was a Thackeray novel I never read. The English Lit majors in your audience will know more about that.
@v.downes9608
Жыл бұрын
That’s what I thought of too, when Vanity Fair was mentioned, the book, I forgot about the magazine.
@alanburge2725
Жыл бұрын
A real classic. Great old song. Memories. The 60s. Simple. Nice. Great sound. Vocals. You name it.
@janiceduke1205
Жыл бұрын
"Hitchin' a Ride" is a song written by Mitch Murray and Peter Callander issued as a single by the English pop/rock band Vanity Fare in late 1969. The quintet consisted of Trevor Brice (vocals), Tony Gulden (guitar), Barry Landeman (piano), Tony Jarrett (bass), and Dick Allix (drums). Formed in 1966, they were originally known as The Avengers but later took the name Vanity Fare based on the classic novel by William Makepeace Thackeray. The song was about a young man trying to hitchhike but just one little problem: he has no money! The song was orchestrated for two recorders (which is an instrument) and electric piano which you hear in the bridge portion of the song. Recorders are among the earliest woodwind instruments and are forerunners of the modern flute. The recorder has a mouthpiece and is played like a whistle, by blowing directly into the top of the instrument. It is a simple wooden tube, usually with eight fingerholes, which are covered to produce different notes. What is the difference between a flute and a recorder? The most obvious difference is in the playing position or orientation of the instrument: The recorder is held vertically, straight and with both hands in front of the upper body, while the transverse flute is held in an asymmetrical position from the mouth to the right shoulder.
@oakhillfound847
Жыл бұрын
Im always amazed at how many of these one or two hit wonder groups had one or two hits that stood the test of time. I had forgotten all about this and I have it in my archives. LOL
@gkiferonhs
Жыл бұрын
Love the folk/pop music!!! Speaking of folk, it's been a while since we've heard any Mamas and Papas.
@reneerocha1796
Жыл бұрын
Mostly then, there weren’t so many “crazies” out there (for lack of a better term). Lol. LOTS of people thumbed rides. A lot of them were actual hippies who were peaceful people and just tryin’ to get somewhere with only a pack on their back. And were very appreciative of every kindness shown them. It definitely was a different time. In most states, at least in ours, it’s against the law to hitchhike. And it is very dangerous out there now. You have to realize this was ?60 years ago or so. 😊🎶✌🏼❤
@gkiferonhs
Жыл бұрын
Jay's right. That's a recorder he liked.
@petercourtien4581
Жыл бұрын
I sang along to this one when I was 5. Loved it. Very early memory of mine.❤
@pjmurphy920
9 ай бұрын
They formed their band in 1966 in England. This song got to No. 5, in the U.S. in 1970. Another of their hit songs was "Early Morning," in early 1970 and reached No. 12 in the U.S. Beautiful song that you might react to, also. Enjoy watching your reactions and seeing your evolution. ;=)
@richarddaugherty8583
Жыл бұрын
I love this song! Haven't heard it in forever! I'll be 67 in July, and in the 70's I lived on a ranch for a couple of years when I was 17. Didn't have a car and the nearest store was a five mile walk. I used to hitchhike all the time, and when I got a car I would pick up hitchhikers. It wasn't really safe then, especially for women, but I never had any problems back then. I wouldn't pick up anyone these days. My wife and I did rescue a couple that was stranded in the Valley of Fire (about 30 miles from Las Vegas) in high summer (think 110 in the shade!). Their car had broken down. The son stayed with the car to meet the tow truck and we drove mom and dad back to Vegas to their apartment. They were a very nice older couple from India. It's no longer even a decision these days. Too many times someone will play the stranded act and it's a setup for a carjacking with hidden accomplices.
@kathenavarro6850
Жыл бұрын
Always loved this song. Came out when I was a tiny girl. I was born in 64 and had older siblings. They always played music in the house. Loved hearing their music (now my music) 😊
@briandickson5729
Жыл бұрын
Hiya from Edinburgh Scotland peace n love to yous and family ✌️💖🏴💃
@pinkstarphoenix6182
Жыл бұрын
My anthem! When I was 18-20, 1970-72, I hitched all over the US multiple times. My record was: 1 day from Cleveland NY to Cleveland OH. 1 day from Cleveland OH to Chicago. 1.5 days Chicago to SF. Met some wonderful people, who took me and my boyfriend into their homes at end of day and gave rides to the freeway in the morning. Admittedly, some not-so-nice things happened, too. I wouldn't recommend it today, but the world was different then.
@briandickson5729
Жыл бұрын
Struggle Jennings 'god we need you now 'should be a anthem for the World just now ❤
@suzannehawkins383
Жыл бұрын
haha this song was my motto. as a stubborn 17 year old girl, I hitchhiked across Canada, and throughout Ontario for a summer the year this came out and I used to sing it outloud whilst waiting with my thumb up on the side of a rural road somewhere in Canada for that ride which would take me away. I'm 70 now and I still can sing every word! lol thanks for reacting to it!
@bill8384
Жыл бұрын
It was common to hitchhike cross country. Interstate highways were just being built so all roads went through small towns.
@robertmiller1655
Жыл бұрын
Music is a memory index. It's amazing that when you a hear a song again you heard 40 or 50 years ago how it instantly transports you back in vivid detail to what you were doing, who you were with, etc., right?
@bryangriffin2093
Жыл бұрын
I remember hearing this song when I was a kid. I still like it. It is on my Playlist.
@hawaiirastalady
Жыл бұрын
I'm so glad you two appreciate all the history we tell you about. We tell you about the kind of history that you won't get in books. Understanding the "feel" of other decades can only be done through personal accounts. Love you, fam!!😊
@ramonaalvarez7559
Жыл бұрын
Yes hitchhiking was huge even way B4 the 70's. Mostly true hippies hitchhiked in the 60's/70's .. their motto was "make love, not war". Of course there were still crazies out there. By my time in the 70's .. the hitchhiking rule of thumb was never hitchhike alone or pick up a hitchhiker alone. Once my HS sweetheart fiance picked up a hitchhiker. Honestly I was scared to death. He was dressed in a colorful smock type frock & bell bottoms .. which hippies usually wore those type of tops. Once we got to his drop off point .. he gave us $10 for a wedding present. He was definitely a free spirit. Such great times we had. Seemed life was a big adventure every day with awesome music to play each day all day long. Thnx y'all. ☮️❣️🙂
@hawaiirastalady
Жыл бұрын
I forgot all about this song! This came out when I was 4 or 5 years old. It brings back great memories of the late 60's! Thanks so much for playing it!❤
@melmingin8445
Жыл бұрын
One of the all time best!!! A classic!!!👍
@nancywengert7301
Жыл бұрын
I agree with Amber, I love the music of the 60's and 70's! I was lucky enough to have been around during that time and the music of the time is in my soul.
@williamthompson-xm3dy
Жыл бұрын
Loved this song when I was a kid.
@davidjames513
Жыл бұрын
Memory frozen in time……August 1970 in the Army, 19 years old stationed at Fort Ord, Ca., in AIT, heading home to San Diego on a weekend pass, to be with my girlfriend, future wife. This song comes on the radio as I shift through the gears on my 1970 Plymouth Roadrunner getting on the freeway headed southbound .
@jrox6091
Жыл бұрын
Great song from a 60s British band whose 1st hit I remember was Early in the Morning in 1969. A song with a carnivalish (marionette?) riff about a guy missing his love at sunrise, waiting for her return. Well worth your time reacting to and it's very different from this one. Hitchin' a Ride was released in 1970. I remember playing the 45rpm on my sister's portable stereo. Blessings❤
@Roh_Echt
Жыл бұрын
Dang...another classic that was played on the radio so many times throughout each day back then. I was 7 yrs when this came out in '69. I was five miles from the Imperial Beach Pier (CA) and we used to hitch there and back...up until I was 11 yrs and we moved away. How the world has changed.
@jackiesconiers4230
Жыл бұрын
Sorry you had a day! Music fixes everything! Thanks for keeping great music alive!
@georgyporgysfavorites3394
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for using the video I created for my You Tube channel, guys! Georgy Porgy's favorites. 💜
@hudsonhollow
Жыл бұрын
We hitch hiked everywhere back in the day. We also stopped to pick up hitch hikers who would often help drive. In July of 1970, I and a girl I had recently met hitch hiked to the Atlanta Pop Festival. We got to see Jimi Hendrix play Star Spangled Banner on the 4th of July. I never saw her again after that adventure. I consider myself extremely lucky to have seen such times.
@surlechapeau
Жыл бұрын
Jay & Amber, you'll love their "Early in the Morning" !! Harmonies edit- they only had 2 songs chart in more than 2 countries. Not a great band, but a couple of nice songs.
@glennjohnson8170
Жыл бұрын
Glenn Johnson Loved this record when released in `69 and still have the single.Loved your reaction to the record and your enjoyment to all this music which is infectious.Thanks for making me smile.
@kimking6036
Жыл бұрын
I got to grow up listening to music from the music from the 50's, maybe a little older. I was born in the early 60's. But I was next to the youngest. So all my other brothers and sisters were 7rs to 20yrs older than me. We had music going all the time! I'm so glad I grew up that way
@samjones2439
Жыл бұрын
I believe this was a hit during the summer of 70’! Amber you are correct late 60’s early 70’s a lot of different sounds! So many different kinds of hits!
@hazelmaylebrun6243
Жыл бұрын
This song was really big for a while when I was a kid. I remember playing it on a 45 on my portable record player. And yes, hitchhiking wasn't a big deal back then. Heck, when I was a teenager, I used to hitch a ride to town from the village where we lived.
@craigmarkowski7156
Жыл бұрын
Man does this bring back some memories , I was 8 years old when this came out ! I literally still have the 45 ! To the people that do not know what a 45 is ? It's a single version of a song on vinyl ! I have about 80 - 45's from the sixties and seventies !
@brucedillinger9448
Жыл бұрын
Only time I hitchhiked was back in 1983 while traveling around Alaska for 3 weeks. Since I was with a friend I never felt unsafe. ✌
@timmeekings3492
Жыл бұрын
Saw them live about 5 years ago. The song still sounds good.
@sarahfullerton6894
Жыл бұрын
This was a favorite song of mine and my friends when we were young girls! Memories! Hey, Jay, I had a different type of day. My house is finally warm after 1-1/2 days without heat. Today, it was fixed, and it feels great to be warm in my house again!
@davidhubbert9445
10 ай бұрын
You can tell amber truly loves this i love theses guys and the song too good for the soul .
@sourisvoleur4854
Жыл бұрын
Oh, I loved this song when I was in 4th grade. Still love it. FWIW the magazine is named after an 1848 novel by William Makepeace Thackeray. The magazine wasn't founded until 1983, 14 years after this song.
@glennk1931
Жыл бұрын
Still have the single of this tune. Loved it when the radio station would play it during a trip to the beach. Just some trivial memories.
@keymack2477
Жыл бұрын
Hitch hiking was definitely a thing back in the day, but I haven't see anyone doing it for decades now.
@beverlybrown2673
Жыл бұрын
Memories of being 13, and junior high, loved dancing to this...
@quantanglement
Жыл бұрын
Before we had cars and being too young to drive, my friend and I would hitch to the beach and back home all summer. I don't remember anyone giving us trouble. People seemed cooler back then. "sure - hop in - I'm going that way anyway'! No phones, just our towel, sunglasses maybe, some change if we wanted to walk to the pinball place or get a drink. That was about it. A friend of mine hitched across country. Probably not a good idea these days to hitch or pickup.
@Earcandy73
Жыл бұрын
A huge hit in 1970. Indeed that is the recorder. This would play in my Uncle George’s F-150 truck with an AM only radio- WFIL 560 Philadelphia. Sweet memories of riding to Englishtown, NJ’s auction in 1987. Thank you so much for this review!
@lindaaumiller7592
Жыл бұрын
keep on spreading smiles.
@christinaholliday9886
Жыл бұрын
I hitch hiked when I was 19 yrs old! Went to a Pow Wow in Arlee Montana! Swear to God one of the rides tried to separate us 3 gal's! He picked us up on a old pickup. Dropped us off on a bad off ramp in the middle of nowhere! Lucky a ride seen us drove over 45 miles to turn around to come back ! Took us to Spokane , Washington! Years later they finally caught The Green River Killer! Seen his photo, same man who picked us up ! He was short 5 ' 2
@CardiacCat
Жыл бұрын
It was a different time and people were much more trusting of other people. Picking up a hitch hiker was more common that you would think. I remember my brother and I hitch hiking once when we were trying to get to our grandpa's house about 36 miles away. We started out walking but then just started putting our thumb out. We got a ride for the first 6 or 7 miles. The guy apologized that that was as far as he was going. We were happy and walked a couple more miles then someone else picked us up and took us all the way to the town we were heading to. I would NEVER do it in today's society though.
@dennislegan3013
Жыл бұрын
As a kid my mom always picked up hitch hikers many in military uniform. It was an accepted way for travel when you were short of money. Through high school I picked up a number of hitchhikers. A neat way to learn of other peoples situations. We lived about 1 block from the train station and people riding the rails would knock on our door and my mom would make them a lunch so they could continue on their journey.
@abashal
Жыл бұрын
“Early in the morning” is another good one from Vanity Fair!
@ricko5885
Жыл бұрын
There were several songs in 1970-71 that fit the mold of this song on A.M. radio: My Baby Loves Lovin' by White Plains, Day After Day by Badfinger, Rings by Cymarron, Out In The Country by Three Dog Night, Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again by the Fortunes; I could go on but if you really liked Hitchin' a Ride then you would like any of these catchy pop tunes as well. I was 13 in 1970 and these are just some of the songs that caught my attention as soon as I heard them for the first time. Check out some or all of them and I am certain you guys will like them too!
@chrismorgan9153
Жыл бұрын
I only hitched a ride once. My car died on the interstate during rush hour. They were widening it at the time, so there were lots of construction vehicles around. The dustiest dump truck on the planet pulled up, and me and my heels climbed up. Once I settled in, the driver looks over and asked a question I have never forgotten: "So, you ever been in a dump truck before?" I felt so bad at how disappointed he looked when I told him yes, this wasn't my first. He was super nice and dropped me off at the service station at the next exit. Other than that, no hitchhiking for us. My dad would have killed me if the driver didn't...lol.
@kimcutts6153
Жыл бұрын
I love this song. This is from the 60s, it was covered again in the 80s and it did well on the charts again. It's clean, and it's simple, that's all you need for a hit. ❤🎶
@robertburke5354
Жыл бұрын
Fun and catchy late 60's/early 70's pop-rock. This song sold over a million copies in the USA, and Billboard ranked it #14 for all of 1970.
@tannonwraith4692
Жыл бұрын
Oh yea, another classic!
@bodiedog1743
Жыл бұрын
"Early In The Morning" was another Vanity Fare hit.
@jamesdamiano8894
Жыл бұрын
Several catchy songs from the era you will enjoy, especially Amber since she was obviously reincarnated from this era since she digs it so much are "Little Bitty Bucket" by Jimmy Gilmer & The Fireballs, "Matter Of Time" by The Sherbets, "Movistar" by Harpo, "Swing Tight" by Bill Deal, "Little Arrows" by Leapy Lee, "Simon Says" by 1910 Fruitgum Company, "Denise" by Randy & The Rainbows. J should like them also, don't want to exclude him.
@StevenW1958
Жыл бұрын
Great song Jay and Amber. This song was the #37 song for the year 1970 on NYC’s 77 WABC Radio’s Top 100 of 1970.
@jennifermartin7791
Жыл бұрын
Hitchhikers were common in the 1960s and 1970s. I remember seeing them along the road, as a child. People were a lot more trusting back then...both hitchhikers and drivers.
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