Poll: What is your pick for the greatest "SUMMER" song of the rock era?

@TheSlowoldman

10 ай бұрын

Little Surfer Girl - Beach Boys or Night Moves - Bob Seger.

@christineml1476

10 ай бұрын

"Boys of Summer" Don Henley

@catherine6653

10 ай бұрын

Cruel Summer, Bananarama Saturday In the Park, Chicago

@Ganja-jh6iy

10 ай бұрын

Summertime Blues. The Who

@Lam_3-22-23

10 ай бұрын

A Summer Song - Chad and Jeremy Centerfield- John Fogarty

I was a sophomore in high school when this album came out. I bought the cassette and was listening to it (on my Walkman) in class one day while getting a head start on the homework when one of the most popular girls in school noticed the case and asked if she could borrow it. That turned into a friendship, nothing more, where we traded all sorts of music back and forth, and we often listened to Bryan Adams together in my car. In our senior year, she was killed in a car accident and after her funeral, I put the Cuts Like A Knife cassette in my car stereo... it just so happened that The Best Was Yet To Come was the song that played, and I totally cried through the whole damned song. I don't honestly think I have cried since. That was over 35 years ago and I still immediately think of her when I hear Bryan Adams.

@android429

9 ай бұрын

❤❤❤

@charitylboisseau7526

9 ай бұрын

Oh my gosh! You made me cry! What a bittersweet story.

@rodb5699

9 ай бұрын

Damn....

@John-or9ccUndauntedRaceCars

9 ай бұрын

Rip to your friend.

@rajivkhanna4548

9 ай бұрын

Wow. My deepest sympathies.

I saw Bryan Adam's in concert at the Aud in Buffalo in March 1992. When he played this song, it was just him playing the first verse on his guitar.. He didn't sing a word because the audience just instinctively sang. It only got better when he and the band jumped in at "Me and some guys from school." We never stopped singing. It was definitely one of the best days of my life.

@knownote

10 ай бұрын

I hate when they have the audience sing half the song. I came to hear the artist, not the drunks in the crowd

@gr8flyerfan

10 ай бұрын

He did that every time I saw him in Allentown PA! NO drunks, just lots of people loving his music!

@briang1887

10 ай бұрын

@@knownote What's wrong with promoting audience participation? I'm sure the majority of the people there felt as if they were part of the experience.

@jplum7708

9 ай бұрын

The old Aud. Sabres games, concerts, good times. Dont even remember the year, but the first time there, I saw the Sabres take on the Hartford Whalers. Glad I grew up across the river from Canada. We were the first to get exposed to Canadian music. Miss the 80's and 80's music.

@user-bi7hr6zz9o

9 ай бұрын

If you go to a concert to just hear the artist, stay home and listen to the cd. Cheaper. Most people go for the experience, and maybe be part of the show. That creates memories.

I was privileged to see Bryan Adams in an outdoor concert in Park City, UT. He was the warmup for REO Speedwagon, who were great, but I had just bought Reckless, and was happily wearing it out loving Adams sound, and particularly “Summer of 69.” When he performed it, I was sitting on a blanket, on the grass, with my girlfriend, with whom I was fiercely in love, drinking wine out of a Dixie cup, and feeling at that moment that I was living that song. Everything in the universe seemed to collide at that moment. Thank you Bryan Adams for making that moment possible, thank you Professor of Rock for bringing it back, and thank you Lisa, still my dream girl.

@rcannon409

9 ай бұрын

Wasn't that the perfect place for concerts? The best one I saw there was CSN. The worst was Yanni. Yanni wasnt worth crossing the street for, much less the walk from 7-11 to the venue.

@jimwerther

9 ай бұрын

Where is Lisa now?

My mom was born in 1953, so in 1969 she was about 16. She really connected with this song and loved it. '69 was apparently a really good year for her, so... Makes me a bit teary eyed nowadays though, since I lost my mother in 2012. Great song, though, and to me it will never ever get old. Born in '82, this song was a huge part of the music of my youth.

@deaniej2766

9 ай бұрын

I was born in '51. 1969 was the year I graduated from high school. It was a GREAT year for me. Yes, Viet Nam was ongoing and the boys in my class were the last to get draft cards, but for me it was a great year.

@Elora445

9 ай бұрын

@@deaniej2766 Just because big things might be happening nationally or internationally, that certainly doesn't mean that oneself cannot have good things happening. Life goes on, after all. Both me and my mother was born and raised in Northern Europe, so Vietnam was more "something awful happening to other people".

@Frankie5Angels150

9 ай бұрын

Bryan himself says it had nothing to do with the year 1969! It’s about sex.

@Elora445

9 ай бұрын

@@Frankie5Angels150 Yes, but the other writer say something else. They don't seem able to decide if it's about sex or not. Probably it's at least somewhat about sex. But that doesn't matter, because most people listening to it would think about the year - nothing else.

If you missed 80's Music -Too bad But If you are missing the Professor of Rock- You will never know what you missed

@nedhorner

10 ай бұрын

It's all on the internet, James. Nobody missed nothing.

@jamescurtis1226

10 ай бұрын

@@nedhorner BS!! anyone can listen to the songs, ONLY the professor can bring us back to that MOMENT

@nedhorner

10 ай бұрын

@@jamescurtis1226 OK, I reread your comment and it makes more sense to me now. I agree completely. I thought you meant that if you just missed a couple videos of his. You have permission to call me a dunce from now on. 😉

@jamescurtis1226

10 ай бұрын

@@nedhorner You have corrected yourself and the former statement no longer exist Sir. You are no "Dunce" because a Dunce can never correct their thoughts

@babygerald4645

10 ай бұрын

@@jamescurtis1226 This is why I love this channel. Even the comments are educational and the respect exhibited between commenters, even in the settling of misunderstandings, harkens back to a simpler time. Have a wonderful weekend James and Ned!

Summer of '69 caught me with it's driving energy. The guitar opening is almost savage - it grabs your attention and then the entire song doesn't let you go. The nostalgia is almost heartbreaking. I had just graduated from college, not much was going right, and I really missed the time when life was much quieter, calmer, and less disappointing. Summer of "69 reminded me of those times.

Besides being uber talented, Bryan has a reputation for being a meticulous artist with an incredible work ethic. Getting the Reckless album just right was a ton of work, but it sure paid off. Saw him a few years ago during his Bare Bones Tour and was surprised how great his hits sounded unplugged-just him with a guitar. He's a true Canadian treasure. Thanks, Adam!

@ProfessorofRock

10 ай бұрын

One of the best of the 80s... INDEED. Thanks ROBSTER. Can you actually just send me your address? email me at theprofessor@professorofrock.com. Thanks

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

10 ай бұрын

A well deserved “best album of 1985”

@hognuckles

10 ай бұрын

Dude is actually a pretty HORRIBLE...

Bryan always did have some very smooth ways of lyric writing I'd say. An absolute product of the 80s for sure!

@ProfessorofRock

10 ай бұрын

FOR SURE!

@RC32Smiths01

10 ай бұрын

@@ProfessorofRock Thank you so much!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

10 ай бұрын

Definitely one of the best.

The moment the Professor said, "This Little didy" I knew exactly what song he was talking about. This is a timeless classic that always makes me smile. I heard this over and over on the radio back in the 80's and 90's. Thank you.

@billkeithchannel

10 ай бұрын

Ditto on the ditty. 😂😇

"Summer Of 69" is a certifiable classic-I never get tired of hearing it.

I was playing in a band the year this song came out. We covered it and the dance floor would fill up just from that opening guitar riff. Ironically enough, our bass player Tim quit the band that year and I got married, so our drummer who sang it, changed up the lyrics. 85 to 87 we were booked every week, they were the best days of our lives for sure.

One of those songs that flood your brain with memories of Canadian summers as a teen. Riding in the back of pickups, doing "mainers" with Reckless blasting. Girls with teased bangs & the boys with mullets. Faded jeans, white tees & mac jackets, standing around bonfires & drinking two fours - those were the best days of our lives

"Sitting on the used car lot... They told me that you'd run forever. Oh, but when i look back now, I think it was the carburator... That was the best car of my life!" -The Chevy from '69

One of the things I noticed about this song is the unique guitar arrangement. As time progresses in the song, the guitar gets more elaborate. Got my first real six string... (very basic chords). Me and some guys from school... (More advanced chords). As I look back now...(Full blown musician ship). I always thought that was interesting.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

10 ай бұрын

It is definitely a guitar song through and through.

I saw Brian Adams live at the Moncton New Brunswick Coliseum one day and he was rocking like I didn't know he could. Even his most sappy ballads had bite!!! Great performer.

I hate to admit it.. but I didn't even notice the joke until this year. DOH. Always wondered why a very young Brian would think the Summer of "69" was so special.

@Ganja-jh6iy

10 ай бұрын

Woodstock maybe?

@ProfessorofRock

10 ай бұрын

Yep. Same story for many. Don't feel bad. Took me a while too!

@chrisoakley5830

10 ай бұрын

DJs used to wonder about that to, they said that Adams would have been very young in 1969.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

10 ай бұрын

Woodstock explained it for me for a while.

This is the first times one of your videos has actually made me want to cry. Your analysis is spot on. It’s a powerful sentimental song. We’d all always “want to be there.”

Saw him in I think 1992 & he did what we thought was his concert minus some hits. As we, the crowd aplauded his show & of course clammered for more, in the pitch dark, the band moved to a different stage, the lights came up & he rocked another hour of music!! We were all surprized by this as no one was seated in this area.Totally EPIC!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

10 ай бұрын

Where?

@CowGirlKat8691

10 ай бұрын

@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Idaho Falls or Rexburg, ID can't remember which

my brother (45) recently passed away. I always thought I would remember him by the Hip's Ahead by a century. But in the middle of singing 'Summer of 69', I had this huge sense of my brother. He lived life to the fullest while he good and before he got MS. And we spent summers at a campground for most of our younger lives. 'Now or never' he lived life like he knew. He was the life of the party and everyone loved him and he made everyone laugh. Every time I hear this song I think of my brother and his nature and smile. Before recent events, I used to just think of my summers at the campground and the fun I had. It has taken on a whole deeper meaning now.

We put the garden hose through the trampoline Springs. Weaved it through all the way around. The trampoline. And the garden hose had, like, a million little holes in it. So That when you bounced on it. The water would all come down every time you bounced.

Great music...great voice!!! And yes, I changed the year to 1985...the start of my last year of college...everything was falling place and life was simple and easy going. Some major changes occurred after graduation...and while life did get a whole lot better after the trials and tribulations (good career, amazing marriage, wonderful children)...the Summer of '85 was my version of Bryan's Summer of '69!

@coyote4237

10 ай бұрын

Summer of 85 for me, too.

Very fortunate to see the impact and sheer joy. This song has every time I play it with my. 80f - 90s Cover band… from the ring of the very first cord, everyone jumps to the Dancefloor and sings it every time… A timeless masterpiece… Thanks professor for a phenomenal episode👏🏻🍻 22:36

The lyric in the outro."Me and my baby in '69, oh, oh" just adds to Bryan's narrative

Bryan Adams is the closest thing to a Rock god in my city. I've seen him in concert 5 times and he's always great. Reckless is one of my all time favorite albums. I was in my early university years when this song came out...what a great time of my life and this album and especially this song will always be linked to that amazing time...and that's what music should do. Thanks Bryan and Jim. Of course I changed the lyrics LOL (Summer of 85). Cheers from Ottawa, Canada. 🍁

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

10 ай бұрын

Canada has gifted us Gordon Lightfoot, Rush, Michael J. Fox, Bryan Adams, and so many more. No wonder it’s so delightful up there. Cheers to you, Gio 🥂

I was a teen in the 80s and for me my "summer of 69" was actually summer of 1985. Just a couple years after this song came out. Summer of 85 were the best days of my life..❤

@StickySyrupEverywhere

8 ай бұрын

Yeah, me too. Somebody asked me if I wanted to go see Bryan Adams, and I said I just saw him down in science class. Went all through school with a guy named Brian Adams. Anyway, we went to the concert. Summer of 85 we did our own basement rec-room concert run and this song was in regular rotation. Guitar and vocals. Those were the best days of my life!

Mine was the summer of 79. A few years before the album but the song summed up that time. It’s funny it only reached #11 on the Canadian charts. At work we listen to classic rock and this song and Rush’s Tom Sawyer come up about every 2 hours. Never disappoints.

One of the shows I was at was in a small theatre and Bryan was solo. He explained the song could NOT be about the year '69 because he would have only been 10 years old. He was pretty funny, telling stories between some songs.

@francisseidel8014

10 ай бұрын

The line "Me and my baby in a ..." tells everyone the second meaning if they just listen to the lyrics.

@VC0598

9 ай бұрын

@@francisseidel8014I know but we were so young we’d just sing along clueless. 😂🤣😂♋️

I graduated High School in 1969. So it had special meaning for me. That summer surfing in Surfside. We landed on the moon. I now drive a 1969 Ford Ranchero as a cruiser.

Summer Of 69 is an essential 80s track. Great explaining the lyrics. 😊

@ProfessorofRock

10 ай бұрын

Cool, thanks!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

10 ай бұрын

It’s a timeless song.

Reckless is one of my must-have travel albums. I remember driving home from school/work on a warm summer evening with the windows down and the radio blaring and of course some really bad singing. Great memories, and Summer of 69 is my favorite Bryan Adams song. Thank you!

This is my absolute FAVORITE youtube channel! I get such a nostalgic feeling from every video as if I'm back in the 80's on a Saturday late morning listening to Casey Kasem america's top 40 on the stereo..thankyou for this channel 🥰

This brings back the memory of seeing Bryan Adams in concert. He was amazing to see live. Real music that touched the soul.

Mine was the summer of 81, they truly were the best years of my life. I still love ❤ you Sue.wherever you are. Always will. We are both 60 now. Wow how time flies

Some underrated summer songs: "Suddenly Last Summer" from The Motels is a great track. "4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) from Bruce Springsteen is a great Jersey shore tune. And an old instrumental nugget from way back, "Theme from a Summer Place", Percy Faith

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

10 ай бұрын

They’re all great!

Thanks Adam great video 👍 Bryan Adams songs will stand the test of time & makes you feel good and puts you a good mood.

@ProfessorofRock

10 ай бұрын

So true!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

10 ай бұрын

Definitely the songs of the summer. Rock on 🤘

The hard work they put in to record Summer of 69 has paid off thousands of times over. It is still a great song and I will always turn up the volume when it plays on the radio.

Almost every song on Reckless was a hit and several of them are still on the radio today.

@ProfessorofRock

10 ай бұрын

So true. What's your favorite?

@danielwolski873

10 ай бұрын

@@ProfessorofRock It's hard to pick because I like the whole thing but I would have to go with Run To You and the title track Reckless is also up there.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

10 ай бұрын

Reckless has staying power.

I remember when Adams sang "Summer of '69 live during live AID he sang it was the summer of 85". What a great sound.

All of Bryan’s is good, but that song brings up memories for everyone. Doesn’t matter what year it was. Every I hear can’t help but sing along

This song can definately be taken at least two different ways, but as you said it had two different writers. Really the words and phrases are strung together giving nods to so many different things that it is whatever you think it is and no one should insist otherwise. I think the writers feel the same. Bryan Adams had so much talent in a very competitive market. You had to be really good to do that during that period of time. If someone with the same talent and types of songs came along today they would rule the airways if the music industry allowed them the leeway.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

10 ай бұрын

That’s what makes it so effective. Different people interpret it different ways.

OMG Prism!!! I loved See Forever Eyes. We wore the grooves out of that LP.

@xrisku

10 ай бұрын

I know this is about Bryan Adams, but OMG Bruce Springsteen's Thunder Road - I went thru several 8-tracks, casettes and LPs. Never did replace it with a CD for some reason... maybe bcz I had moved on in my life and my interests/focus had changed more to alternative music by then. I also didnt care for Bruce's later music dripping of patriotism/nationalism. It was such an unfortunate turn off for me of an artist I loved in my teen years. I don't mind songs about your country but just not such in your face versions. It was an immediate radio station changer for me. So much more interesting things to write about than imaginary geopolitical boundaries, IMO. Bruce's later music kinda destroyed the innocence and genuine emotional he so ICONICALLY captured in his earlier work. I have trouble separating the 2. Anyway, as for The Summer of 69, it was a fun feel good bittersweet song. You always had to crank up the radio when you heard the intro notes. I never had a Summer of 69. I was on my own struggling to pay heat and rent at 17 years of age. Cradle robbed by an older man, but ya gotta do what ya gotta do to survive. I never had a carefree summer of young adulthood, a summer of love. Dunno if that's good or bad. Somehow tho, I can still relate to this song in a generalised longing kind of way for how we always paint previous eras of our life with a kinder more colourful brush of nostalgia.

Love Bryan. Love this song. He's a true talent and always love listening to him

Reckless, one of the purest rock and roll albums of all time!

The summer of 69 by Bryan Adams is by far one of my most favorite songs from the 80s! It means so much to me. It really takes me back to one of the best times of my life!

@ProfessorofRock

10 ай бұрын

Very cool! Thanks for sharing!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

10 ай бұрын

It brings back the memories!

I love love your channel - Keep up the great work!

@ProfessorofRock

10 ай бұрын

Thank you! Will do!

I played guitar as a kid, but put it down for reasons, sixth grade era. But I was gifted ability, and was always playing other people's guitars, so I got a nice electric for Christmas 1984. Got intense in the summer of 1985 and this song topped the playlist very early on as a favorite and a crowd pleaser. We had a decent jam room set up in my friend's basement rec-room. There was a bunch of girls from another town that came over to my buddy's house and listened to us jam, and one of them sang this song with me on the mic. Our rec-room run was awesome! Wish I'd known then what I know now. Man, those were the best days of my life!

@StickySyrupEverywhere

8 ай бұрын

Yeah, I forgot to mention I saw this tour back then.

I've heard and played this song so much in bar bands that I turn the station when it comes on. It's undeniably a classic, but I just can't listen to it anymore. Reckless is my go to album for great 80's hard rock. There's not a bad song on it. I have followed Adams from the beginning. That gravely voice of his is instantly recognizable.

Graduated high school in 1969 and went right into the Navy. Turned 18 in boot camp. I well remember 1969.

Your channel always brings back such good memories for me Adam! Carry on sir!

@ProfessorofRock

10 ай бұрын

Thanks, will do!

@ProfessorofRock

10 ай бұрын

What would you like to see next?

@RBS_

10 ай бұрын

...It brings back TOO many good memories, for me! ...I can't move forward anymore! ...ha-HAAA!! ...Dua Lipa, WHO!??? ; )

@jamescurtis1226

10 ай бұрын

@@ProfessorofRock 'Juke Box Hero" Foreigner

I’ve always sung it as the summer of ‘85, so I know exactly what you’re talking about. It’s so relatable. Great video!

Such a catchy tune! Great story Professor! Will definitely listen to this song again today! 🤘🔥

@BillGraper

10 ай бұрын

I'm listening to it right now. 😎

@ProfessorofRock

10 ай бұрын

Rock on!

@ProfessorofRock

10 ай бұрын

Very cool!

This song always just made me think about nostalgia from our youth. Thinking back to when you were young and having the best times of your life.

I was born in 87 so I was in kindergarten in 93 but I grew up listening to my mom’s Bryan Adams cassette (and others of her collection). My husband and I were just listening to this recently talking about how good it is. Boys of Summer is my forever summer song, though. Every year.

Great artist and a song that’s still catchy to this day

@ProfessorofRock

10 ай бұрын

Amen!

We went to an outdoor venue at a ballpark in Fort Worth in (I think) 2005. We went to see Def Leppard. Bryan Adams was the closer. We said, “well, we’ll work our way towards the gate and listen until he plays something that we don’t like or don’t remember.” We stayed until the last note of the encore! We had no idea what big fans we were of Bryan Adams until then.

The song means so much to me as I was going into my senior year in high school and was having a blast! Driving around in my Camaro dating my first real love! Oh what a summer to remember!

I graduated high school in 1969 and it was indeed, a great summer. This song will always have a special place in my heart. Thanks for the background info on it.

Great song, one of my favs. Adams made some great music. I still listen to him today. 1990 was my summer.

I just saw Bryan Adams in concert last month and he was phenomenal. Loved your video today.

@ProfessorofRock

10 ай бұрын

I saw him 3 months back and he was AMAZING!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

10 ай бұрын

I heard he was touring!

I went to high school in the mid80s from our small town with a long daily bus ride. All the buses were equipped with cassette players to keep us entertained. A lot of mixed tapes from the radio played so many times I can still hear them in my head today. For Christmas '84 my sister gave me Scorpions "Love at First Bite" , but before returning to school from break decided to exchange it unopened at the record dealer. "CLaK" album by Adams was popular on the bus so I took a chance at getting the new "Reckless" tape to try to look "cool" enough to play my own music. It definitely worked for me.

Waking Up the Neighbors was my first cassette tape as a kid. Love this guy.

@ProfessorofRock

10 ай бұрын

Cool!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

10 ай бұрын

Awesome. Isn’t he one of the greatest ever?

Omg! I recorded so many mixed tapes from my RCA, etc. memberships clubs on memorex and CDs!! Those were the days!!

We would see hime every time he was in Detroit. My friend was/is crazy about him and still doesn't miss a concert! I remember him singing "The Summer of '85!" at the concerts. I was 19, it was the best time of my life!

It was the summer of ‘85, I would be starting my senior year in the fall, my friend Nadine had already dropped out of high school. One night three of us were doing the small town under age drinking (I know, we were bad back then), Nadine got it into her head that we should hit the bar in the next town over (3 miles) we were insisting that she not drive because she was the drunkest of the three of us, but she wouldn’t listen. Anyhow, all went well for the short commute we were blasting “Summer of ‘69,” until we were turning off the highway, then the red and blue lit up behind us. We were all freaking out but tried to look “normal” as Nadine rolled down the window. The cop stopped her because she didn’t signal when she turned! Reminded Nadine to make sure she signals and left! What a moment I will never forget. 😅

I went to Bryan Adams High School in Dallas, TX. No joke. Love this song. Was a senior in college in ‘85, and my friends and I drove around Austin jamming to this and so many more great songs. Thanks for bringing back the memories Prof!

Fantastic breakdown, I believe you got the lyrics as close as they could be for the inspiration when it was written. Definitely my favorite song of that year. This is an anthem my kids still song out loud and love. It is a song for all generations. Fantastic episode professor!

@ProfessorofRock

10 ай бұрын

Thanks for that!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

10 ай бұрын

It’s stayed with us for decades!

Awesome as always! If music was no longer alive, how could anyone survive? 😢😂 As John Miles states: Music was my first love and it will be my last!!!❤️Music!

Thanks for reminding us of the enormous contributions of Bryan and Jim and their collaborators to the canon of rock n roll. Now that I think about it, the sounds and imagery they conveyed are the essence of the times. The rhythms are always tight, the guitars jangle and crunch, the vocals cut through the mix like a sharp knife in the hands of a sushi master.

Thank you so much professor. I love this song. When I get depressed I listen to it.

@ProfessorofRock

10 ай бұрын

Very cool!

I found your channel and I being born in 69 really dig this song and your channel because being born then puts my high school days in the 80’s and I really love to hear the content about the history of these songs. Please keep up what you’re doing I owe my life to music as a former over the road truck driver it’s kept me awake for many a mile. I know there’s a plethora of music to choose from in the eighties and I liked them all. God bless you and your channel

This is such a good song. I agree, if I had the choice I’d always wanna be there, summer of 85 for me. If only. Love how you just laid that out so clearly. It is the heart of the song.

I lived my teen years through the 1980s… man was I a LUCKY kid! Love Bryan Adams! Also down here in southeast Texas… we didn’t jump on a trampoline in the summer without the sprinkler on under it!!! Love your videos!!!🎸🥁🎹🥁🎸

I was a junior in high school when the album came out. I loved his music and still do. Both make sense to me and both work. Memorex - I still remember the old ad with the guy in the chair: “Is it live or is it Memorex?” Great tapes.

Thank You Adam! This was a terrific installment. I was entering my last year of HS when this song hit the airwaves. I thought it was pretty awesome even though I was more interested in The Clash, The B-52's, U2, Big Audio Dynamite, OMD and REM. Still I thought Brian Adams was really terrific. I thought the song title "Summer of '69" was more symbolic of a really great year in a young person's life so I never felt the need to change any of the lyrics. I appreciated your showing the differences in interpretation of the title of the song and it's differences in meaning even for Bryan Adams and Jim Vallence and they wrote that song together. HILARIOUS!!! Cheers from NYC!!!

This is up there with Don Henley's "The Boys of Summer" and my year was 1984 - everything was perfect back then, great times, fantastic girlfriend, no cares in the world and a great summer.

I saw Glass tiger live ! They played front for Journey, on their Raised on radio tour! Both bands were epic! Great memories

I love these deep dives into the stories behind the music! Personally, I don't know anyone that for once thought this song was about 1969, lol.

I had this album and this was my favorite song from it as well as Run to You. I was only 7-9 months old in the Summer of 69 😅 My wife has his greatest hits CD 💿

@ProfessorofRock

10 ай бұрын

Love Run To You!

@randytessman6750

10 ай бұрын

Run to You just rocked ! was top ten in Canada but my fav was Kids Wanna Rock

@RBS_

10 ай бұрын

....7-9 MONTHS!??? ....while I was in me Rockin' chair, during soph Year in College! ...ay-yi YI! ....ha-HAA!

@blazerhawkdarren68

10 ай бұрын

@@RBS_ what can I say? I was born in Nov 68 👶

@sandragresham1134

10 ай бұрын

I was 2- 4 months in the summer of 69. I love this song. One of my favorites of Bryan's

I got the Reckless VHS video compilation for my birthday that year, still have it 38 years later

I sing this song as The Summer of 89. It is and will always be a great song. I thinks Cuts Like a Knife and Reckless was his best. I bought both cassettes with my allowance money.

I actually saw Bryan on the Reckless tour with John Cafferty opening. After the show we were going to our room at the hotel. We pushed the elevator button and the doors opened... And Bryan and his drummer were on the elevator. We climbed on and asked for autograph, but he politely declined. Still a great memory from my high school days.

I was 10 when this song came out. Unfortunately, my mom had gotten wrapped up in the Satanic panic. So, songs like these were only ever on the periphery for me. And, I remember feeling regret that I might never get to live these songs in my youth. Well, fast forward... ummmm several Yeats we'll say. Summer of 69 is one of those songs that reminded me that even though I wasted my youth being who I was "supposed" to be, I could always decide to be who I want to be. I've never been happier since. And, these are the best days of my life. Thanks Adam, for reminding me of this great song!

For me it was retitled The Summer of 79. Marshall quit, and Cricket got married. Spent my evening's down at Burger Chef, and that's when I met you.

Love Bryan Adams!! "Summer of 69" brings me back to the good old days of being a teenager. For me , it was the summer of 89. I graduated from High School and it was the first summer of freedom from school....I had the best time that summer!!🎉

I was in high school. I was a cheerleader for basketball season. After the game, it was windy and sleeting rain and I belted out Run to You like in the music video.

Adam’s owner the airwaves in the mid 80’s. ‘69 is a classic. Thanks Adam.

We did the lyric change in our high school too - easier for us as we were seniors in the summer of '89.

I LOVEED Bryan Adams back in the 80s and now! Summer of 69 is definitely one of my top favorite summer songs. As well as Don Henley's "Boys of Summer." This is my favorite KZread channel. I usually listen to thia channel on my commute to and/or from work. Love it!

love Bryans Adams so many great songs and one of my all time favorite guitar tones.

"It has to be said that this is one of the shining lights of the internet. Click anywhere to find someone spouting off hate and disagreement about something that is loved, but right here is a video that comes from a place of love, passion, and respect for a craft. Goodbye, workday; hello, back catalogue. I am from Australia, and this is very reminiscent of Countdown... A lost music appreciation art form."

I have to admit I was a cheeseball too. I changed the required lyrics to fit "Summer of '85". The year I graduated high school, playing in a garage band with my friends, dating different girls trying to find love past the attraction aspect and dreaming of the future not realizing I was in the best time of my life. Bought my bass guitar at the Star Pawn Shop. Everett quit, Sammy got married. More lines were changed to fit my situation. Summer of '85 for me. When I got to go to the concert for Reckless I had to sing my version to myself and it fit so well. So many concerts in the early to mid '80s for me and my friends. I wish I had Doc Brown's DeLorean to go back there! After the summer of '85 life got too real. Had to work to find fun and happiness. Oh I miss those days.

I remember hearing that Jim Vallance’s memories had to have been the inspiration for this song because Bryan was only 13 in the summer of 1969. I absolutely love this song and the Reckless album. I had the biggest crush on Bryan Adams and my boyfriend at the time was so jealous. I still love that album!! I also went and bought Cuts Like A Knife because I loved This Time, Cuts Like A Knife, and Straight From The Heart, even though I never knew who had done those songs. And I bought You Want It You Got It as well. Awesome albums! Thanks Professor, and thank you Bryan and Jim!! ✌🏼💖🤘🏼

The first time I saw him was on the Reckless tour. Awesome show and still one of my favorites over 35 years later.

Hell ya!!! Like many I'm sure, I sing it as summer of 89. I graduated in 84, so it works! One of best Adam's concerts was his bare bones tour. He would play a few notes and the entire theater would take over singing.....so magical. Thank you for these commentaries. They're so spot on and informative. Music.... Such a cement for our memories.

The summer of '85 was my last summer of "freedom". I had just graduated from HS and was going to start college in the fall. I just wanted to enjoy one last summer hanging out with my friends before life changed. I remenber the song when it came out. I was not really a fan of the song back then; I was into much heavier music. But when I hear the song now, it is with a bit of fondness as it reminds me of how much fun I had that summer. It really flew by though, and I miss those carefree times.

One of my all time favourite rockers , even better he's Canadian. Seen him Live twice. Plus he's an amazing photographer to boot. Cheers 🍻 from the North, Thanks P.O.R

I saw Bryan in 82 in Victoria war memorial Gym during the cuts like a knife time..that’s Vancouver island…drove up with two girls..such fun, it snowed that night..had to drive home two hours north to Nanaimo..Lived in Vancouver in 85 when reckless came out.went to the tomahawk restaurant as he was once a dishwasher then. Sweeney Todd… nuff said. Love those days..

I was a late bloomer when it came to love, but hey, better late than never. I had my first romantic experience in the summer of 2006 at the ripe ol' age of 32. My bf and I rode around many times in his friend's car. We even rode up on PCH in a rented convertible, top down, one evening with Andrea Bocelli on full blast. These were such good times before everything got complicated.

in '85 I was 15 and I bought the cassette...loved the song and to this day I still have it