Gary Wright is an American singer, songwriter, musician & composer best known for his 1976 hit songs "Dream Weaver" & "Love Is Alive". He was also responsible in helping establish the synthesizer as a leading instrument in rock & pop music.

@HarriBestReactions

2 жыл бұрын

Wow

@rodneygriffin7666

2 жыл бұрын

He also appears on several George Harrison solo albums including All Things Must Pass. I've also wondered if the title of this song was lifted from a lyric by John Lennon in his song "God" from his solo album Plastic Ono Band.

@user-jw5uw1vs5p

11 ай бұрын

Yes-But these hit songs from Gary Wright were 1975,instead of 1976-But they were still very famous in 1976!🥰😇

I really miss the mystical, dreamy sounds of these types of songs from my early childhood. They were magical to hear as a little one. Fleetwood Mac's "Hypnotized" is another one.

@Wolverines77

2 жыл бұрын

Hypnotized is the most amazing "pot" song, from my teen years... That and 10CC's "I'm Not In Love"...

@julilla1

2 жыл бұрын

@@Wolverines77 I was too young for that, but those kinds of songs always remind me of blacklight posters, candle and incense and getting scared when watching "In Search Of". Those things all have a kind of dreamy, fantasy feeling that felt very magical as a child.

@kthor

2 жыл бұрын

@@Wolverines77 LOVE “I’m not in Love”……great tune!!!

@oreally8605

2 жыл бұрын

Born in 67. I remember looking out my dark room's windows to this song, wishing I were on the moon....

@letitbesummer6536

2 жыл бұрын

Yup I was a kid too when this came out & I loved it. Used to listen to it in the dark!

At the roller skating rink, in the 70s, this was the premium "slow skate" song. Oh the memories. Thanks for the reaction.

Gary Wright is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and composer best known for his 1976 hit songs "Dream Weaver" and "Love Is Alive", and for his role in helping establish the synthesizer as a leading instrument in rock and pop music. He spent some years in London; while in England, he played keyboards on former Beatle George Harrison's triple album All Things Must Pass (1970), but Gary was born & bred in Cresskill, New Jersey, US. You might want to react to "Love is Alive"; that is awesome. 🙂

@jdw5678

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for pointing out that the song is from 1976, not 1972, as the video wrongly says.

I saw him at day on the green in Oakland when it came out in 1976. He was great! Fly like an eagle by Steve Miller came out about the same time and it starts out like this and although dreamy, not as dreamy. 10cc also with I’m not in love. I think it was a thing back then. Love that you’re covering this era!

@kierstenridgway4634

2 жыл бұрын

Was Fleetwood Mac headlining? If so I was there too. ❤✌

@cierw8497

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! Peter Frampton too! That is so cool you were there!

One of my favourite songs of all time.

Bought that album in 75, still have it and love it.

Gary was an excellent singer. Great song.

Great song!! 👍 super huge hit of 70's!!

Gary Wright most underrated. His words, lyrics, was his defining flowing intervals. Is spectacular in motion of his musical career a icon. Writer, composer, poet, rhythm, singer. He is a pop music rarity!

It was big in the UK. I was a barmaid in a pub in Drury Lane in London and a hotel dining room waitress in Newquay Cornwall in 1975. The song was played all over then.

I was 5 in '72. My older sister used to play this.....still a favorite!

I saw him back in the 70s. Day on the Green. Fleetwood Mac, Doobie Bros, Peter Frampton and him. I was 12! So cool.

I think the vid you linked to had the wrong date. I'm pretty sure this came out in 1975, not 1972 as the video listed. Great song.

@HarriBestReactions

2 жыл бұрын

I think the date is for when the song was released,not the video date

@astroworfcraig9164

2 жыл бұрын

@@HarriBestReactions I was thinking release date because I was still in high school in 72 and remember being in college when it came out. "Alexa" thinks it's 1975, too.

@alrivers2297

2 жыл бұрын

Yes this came in 75

Played everynight in the clubs I never got tired of that one.

I've not heard this song in years. Thanks for bringing it back Harri! Great reaction - loved it! And happy new year!

Another wonderful blast from the past!! This song was a big hit with very good reasons. It sounds as lovely now as it did back then. 🌺✌️

I remember this song! It was ahead of its time, and hugely successful!

@kenperk9854

2 жыл бұрын

Actually it fit very Smugly into the sweet 70s!

Love it real good 👍 songs by him lots to listen to with his albums

Love, love 💘this song 🎵thanks for sharing. Much love to you and your family and friends ❤ .Brandi Modrak. P.S you made my night 🌙💕

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this song.. Harri your songs anyways bring back the best memories.. just love this song

For the better parts of 1975 and 1976 Gary Wright was the opening act for Peter Frampton. He was the perfect opener for his fellow English artist friend Pete.

Love is Alive is another one of his hits, it's really incredible

My dad was a big fan of Garry Wright we had his albums sat around the house listening to them.

Gary was a member in the prog/psychedelic rock group Spooky Tooth. They were a British band. My mom had a couple of their LP's so that's how I was introduced to Gary Wright. His '71 album "Footprint" has some excellent tracks. Pretty brilliant songwriter and composer that you don't hear enough about. When I seen imadrummin had a couple of Gary Wright requests in, I knew you'd like his style Harri. "Give me the Good Earth" and "Stand for our Rights" from the Footprint album is some great stuff! Great reaction and that's drummin for that, and keep the cool requests coming.

@cierw8497

2 жыл бұрын

And George Harrison played with him on the David Frost show when the Footprint album came out.

@debbiechang5781

2 жыл бұрын

Hey there Greybeard! I actually used to have an album by Spooky Tooth. I never made the connection with Gary Wright. I love your knowledgeable comments and have learned a lot from you.

One of my all time favorite songs. ❤

The synthesizer, the lovely mix and strains of violins, chimes etc. So dreamy!! So soothing! I believe 1975 or 6. Back east in Boston for summer vacation, going "down the Cape" etc.....great memories.

One of my all-time favorite songs. I’m glad you reacted to it.

Harri, Harri, Harri, So one in the morning, is your work time. As a DJ, I always have another gear that kicked in about 12:30. Sometimes, I continued to play music, as the bar cleaning took place. Probably not always welcomed by the staff. It was hard to wind down... and if I had a lady... It was the time I became the "dream weaver". I hope. Gary, Gary, Gary

Two more songs to check out by Gary Wright are "Love Is Alive" and "Really Wanna Know You"

Love this song.

I think he played on George Harrison's, All Things Must Pass Album.

"...fly me away to the light side of the moon...and meet me on the other side..." A nod to Pink Floyd, perhaps?

Always loved this song. Middle school, I think 🤔.

I was 10 when this song came out. Practically wore out the single from playing it so much on my tiny record player. lol

Hes died now.. R.I.P. so i found this reaction, to listen again to this, classic Song. Thanks!

Another great one that someone may not have mentioned is I Really Wanna Know You…..great, great song🎼!!!

That bass line in the chorus is one of my favorites!

Reliving my childhood via KZread😊"Love Is Alive" would be a great follow-up to this.😊

Thank you for doing these reactions. I LOVE watching and listening to you. Your love of ALL great music simply shines through, and you never hide your emotions when a song really moves you. SO glad I found you!!

I like how the chorus can be more upbeat and funky than the verses, and yet still be ethereal and soothing.

Billy Thorpe ~ "Children of the Sun".....!!!

That vibratto!!!

I have this on vinyl. One of my favorites ❤

Oh the mid 70s, Take me back, take Me Back!

Love this song!!! Welcome to the wonderful world of music I grew up on!

Gotta love the 70’s

A TRUE SMOOTH SOUL FEEL GOOD CLASSIC,, THE BLACKBYRDS "WALKING IN RHYTHM"...A MUST HEAR.

Ah...the memories! One of my favorites by Spooky Tooth was "Old As I Was Born." One of their LP's was: You Broke My Heart So I Busted Your Jaw, and that's the truth !

Me and my friends fed the local pizza joint jukebox a LOT of quarters back in the day in order to hear this song. 🎶🎶🤩✨✨✨

Okay it's called Love is alive you're going to love the bassline in that one as well

Gary Wright was American but he did perform as the keyboardist for the British group Spooky Tooth.

I was in the Navy (Vietnam) in 1972, and when I heard that song, I didn't believe it. It was a time when anti-war music was popular. This man made an office full of sailors happy for months.

There was always something about this song I really liked. Big part of my growing up !

In 1968, the Moog synthesizer was widely introduced by Carlos in " Switched On Bach. " Musicians discovered its benefits from the Doors, Beatles and Emerson, Lake & Palmer. Wright crossed the pop threshold with several songs. " Love is Alive " was his other hit.

Great song from the past Dont know why but it made me think of "Thunder Island" by Jay Ferguson. Think I will listen to it now.

A favorite! Try Love Is Alive. Studio version.

My brother in law. Who's often tipsy, thought this song ws called "jean" weaver. When I set him straight, it blew his mind.😆

I'm 58 now. But whenever l hear this masterpiece, somehow I'm 13 again.

you have to listen to his other hit Love Is Alive. another great song by him

☮️💙💙💙college days!

Oh yeah man hey thanks for taking the suggestion that's really encouraging I know you're reading the comments that's awesome yeah you know that keyboard was it's a synthesizer called a string ensemble it was made by arp my brother actually had one it's such a cool instrument in fact you know that early technology that ships couldn't handle all the information without overheating so they had to get a more conductive metal to make the chips out of to make this keyboard work properly so it was made with gold circuitry because school being way more conductive there was much less resistance and of kavya SLI less heat from that I just remember being out Kansas up in the Flint Hills 50 miles Southeast of Wichita and we're out at this Lake and we drove our granddad's old Chevy LUV out to the lake and we had some homegrown from California and I grab the vacant lot and we read that rolled up and we smoked that and the radio was on in the truck and that song came on and it was nighttime you know like late dusk whatever and man I'm telling you that feeling of being out in Cosmos wow you just can't describe it unless you experience it if you notice when he plays that last chord on the string ensemble it was one note that's a total it's just a note down a step down from the key it's supposed to be in and that's what gives it that really ethereal type of effect okay my man I know this guy has another hit it's like My Love Is Alive or something like that I can't remember the name of it I'll have to look it up okay Harry thanks for that

GARY WRIGHT MUST HEAR CLASSICS,, "REALLY WANT TO KNOW YOU" & "LOVE IS ALIVE"

Now, you can dig deeper into the album. I can't find the judge, The power of love and so many more to choose from.

Gary Wright's voice is awesome but Colin Blunstone (the Zombies) is beyond perfection : his performance on "Old and Wise" by the Alan Parsons Project is pure gold

My Favorite!!🧨🧨🧨🧨🧨

RiP Gary Wright 🙏 Next ""I Cant Find A Judge" 🔥

"Diamonds 💎!"

since youre listening to "Futuristic" sounding music you gotta check out Billy Thorpe, "Children of the Sun"....headphones are must!

Smooth trippy dream. Great drum and bass lines to keep driving forward. Mike Pinder-ish vibe via Threshold of a Dream.

That sound at 6:03 til 6:7 always reminds me of a bell , waking you up from a dream :D

Great song, Gary! Great pick, Ima! Great reaction, Harri!

Great song.

This song was in lots of Movies! (I don't even remember, "Wayne's World"), and it was in "The People vs Larry Flint", near closing credits.

Thanks for this Harri.. if you haven't yet, pls also check out Gary's "Really Want To Know You".

Love Is Alive, is another GW banger from around that time.

Another mid 70s auditory gem...

The sound is called Dreamscape

I believe he's talking about astral projecting since he's talking about the astral plane.

Gary Wright and Walter Murphy added a new sound and multilayering (Thanks to Boston and their inaugural release) to pop music... While Gary Wright and Boston released their first recordings the same year, Tom Scholz of Boston was pioneering the multi-track (24 track) engineering and production technology. An MIT graduate and working for Polaroid Tom used his earnings to build out the studio in his basement... while the technology was cutting edge, the pace of technology would plague his studio upgrades and cause continual delays in recording.

Check out Kitaro!!! His dreamy instrumental soundscapes are amazing!!!

This is a great song! I haven't heard it in a while. Great analysis Harri!

Love You💞👍

Definitely on par with "Children of the Sun" (Billy Thorpe), "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft" (Carpenters), and "Song of Scheherazade" (Renaissance).

❤️❤️❤️

Violent Femmes Blister in the sun Live

Definitely a tune to keep in your back pocket. I believe this was 8th or 9th grade for me...

Hey Harry 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Saw him in 77

You have very good taste

bass is tight..................................

I also think you should give a listen to "Love is Alive" kzread.info/dash/bejne/dYKTj6R_lbXYorg.html

@melodymcdonald2140

2 жыл бұрын

I always liked Love Is Alive there best. The sound on that song is incredible.

Can't find the judge is a good one.