This channel is primarily dedicated to Rod McKuen's music and poetry. A new series of videos are being published to include lyrics so fans can follow his words with the music.
This is probably the quintessential McKuen song, and this video captures the gentle intimacy he always wrote and sang about in everything he produced. This recorded version from After Midnight puts you in a front row table next to the piano. And I can imagine Rod, were he still with us, would use this artist, this friend, A Warm Place, to make videos for him on his website A Safe Place To Land. Like Rod, he’s very sensitive and very sensual. Great job.
@alanmcnamara91559 күн бұрын
One of my favouritest songs, I too am an April People and this resonates with me. Thanks.
@ChrisPropfeMusicallyObsessed16 күн бұрын
Just subbed! Love the video! I’m a huge Rod fan. I have a channel where I discuss all kinds of music.
@wolfie541116 күн бұрын
Thank you Chris!!! I'll check out your channel too. I also have another channel of "non-McKuen" stuff, called "The Warm Jets."
@ChrisPropfeMusicallyObsessed16 күн бұрын
@@wolfie5411 I’ll check it out!!!
@alanmcnamara915517 күн бұрын
I've never heard this one before, it's beautiful, as usual.
@marionmacleod822417 күн бұрын
Beautiful
@marionmacleod822420 күн бұрын
Beautiful ❤
@fob1xxl23 күн бұрын
His expression of life, growing up, love, and experiences are all so real. He has driven every road to who he became. We all do. He just expressed it better. RIP ROD
@fob1xxl26 күн бұрын
Fortunately, this only happened to me once in my life. Finding a love that lasted 40 years with someone who accepted me and loved me for who I was, faults and all. I KNOW what it is like to be loved. I know what it is like to LOVE. Not everyone we think we love is the RIGHT one. Especially when we are young.
@JolienCeusters29 күн бұрын
Wonderful song and video......thank you!!
@jackgoodwin4802Ай бұрын
Once in a while one of these videos makes me rediscover a McKuen song and the event surprises the hell out of me. The pictures renew and even re-energize the whole experience of listening. The surprise: this is such a confident, aggressive melody its hard to understand why it wasn't a popular hit. And the words tell you what kind of marvelous writer McKuen is with phrases like "My address will be the other side of sorrow." The melody is like a charging train, as this cheeky rider boisterously proclaims: "Is it any wonder a man like me puts his luck in locomotives that go racing to the sea?" Thanks for this great experience, the discovery of a new way to hear music!!
@JohnMoran-mc2rhАй бұрын
Shit man were are we going 😢
@lynnlobliner39332 ай бұрын
The first (and only) time I heard this song was on a Tom Jones album (early 70s). Went looking for versions of it today and found Frank Sinatra and Tom, and both of them left out the Houston verse. Then I found a McKuen version and he left both of those out and put only the Houston verse. Then I found this and he left out the Denver verse. I love them ALL. I hear variations in the words but they all amount to the same thing. Thank you for posting - this. I'm not sure his Houston version was all the same lyrics in the verse because he was fooling with his dog. .
@wolfie54112 ай бұрын
Rod wrote the song but many have covered it. Even Rod did numerous versions of it changing the lyrics. Not sure why.
@JolienCeusters2 ай бұрын
I understand you, the first video you make you are proud.I can make videos. I do no more for the moment. Have a nice sunday!
@TheWarmJets-kv4lq2 ай бұрын
You make videos? Any uploaded to KZread? I subscribed to your channel you have some great playlists!!
@JolienCeusters2 ай бұрын
@@TheWarmJets-kv4lq I've made videos and put them away, now I don't make any more. Are all videos about love, I lost the love of my life to cancer a few years ago, I took care of my him day and night for a year. I don't easily say this to anyone.
@TheWarmJets-kv4lq2 ай бұрын
Do you do FB?
@JolienCeusters2 ай бұрын
@@TheWarmJets-kv4lq Only for my family!!
@TheWarmJets-kv4lq2 ай бұрын
@@JolienCeusters ok. I understand.
@JolienCeusters2 ай бұрын
Wonderful poem!!
@TheWarmJets-kv4lq2 ай бұрын
This is one of my favorites. Also one of the first videos I made. No lyrics on this one. I may re-do it at some point.
@JolienCeusters2 ай бұрын
Very beautiful......... Age is Better.......thank you for sharing!!
@user-ko2tk1so7m2 ай бұрын
What lovely pictures. Rod sure had a way with words. Amazing.
@JolienCeusters2 ай бұрын
Beautiful words and video!!
@JolienCeusters2 ай бұрын
Wonderful song and video.....thank you!!
@JolienCeusters3 ай бұрын
So beautiful the music and singing......thank you!!
@user-cg5xh4hb4u3 ай бұрын
Да !!!!!!!!!! ❤
@user-cg5xh4hb4u3 ай бұрын
Спасибо !!! ❤
@user-cg5xh4hb4u3 ай бұрын
Оригинально ! Сочетание звуков потрясающее ! Человеческий голос, моя любимая гитара и рожок ! Что может быть лучше !!! ❤
@user-cg5xh4hb4u3 ай бұрын
😊❤
@user-cg5xh4hb4u3 ай бұрын
Ой !!!!!!!!! Сердце ❤️, переполняется теплом и счастьем, при этих звуках, как звучит оркестр !!! Потпясающе ! Спасибо !!! ❤❤
@JolienCeusters3 ай бұрын
So sorry Sir all is so beautiful......I will read about Rod McKuen, life is not easy .Rod will be happy what you do all good night!!
@user-ko2tk1so7m3 ай бұрын
Ahh the innocence of young love. What a lovely video.
@JolienCeusters3 ай бұрын
Good morning Sir,so beautiful again love you voice,have a nice day!!
@wolfie54113 ай бұрын
That's not MY voice. I wish. I make video's to other artists songs. This is Rod McKuen, who passed away in 2015. He was a very famous singer, songwriter and poet. You should look him up and read a little about him.
@jackgoodwin48023 ай бұрын
My first McKuen album in 1969, a gift to my first crush. I too remember it all, especially the intensity of young love before hurt and cynicism. This video is exceptional, and make no mistake, this is exactly what McKuen was talking about. The yearning for love is in all of us, and we never lose it.
@paulrodriguez92483 ай бұрын
Beautiful! Well done Rod.
@fob1xxl3 ай бұрын
Ah .....to be young and in love again. How beautiful it all was. The innocence of youth is so beautiful. I remember it all, as if it were yesterday.
@JolienCeusters3 ай бұрын
So beautiful Rod,I have listen two times wonderful.....thank you!!
@jackgoodwin48023 ай бұрын
You might be the only other person who really loved Rod’s ASPTL 2 CD set as much as I did. Maybe you loved it more, finding jewels like this that I passed over. In correspondence Rod told me he felt he had found new ground with the ASPTL set; this video feels like you have too!! Bravo once again!!!!
@user-ko2tk1so7m3 ай бұрын
Beautiful, vibrant pictures and a very soothing song. Thank you! 💖
@user-ko2tk1so7m3 ай бұрын
Beautiful! ❤
@wolfie54113 ай бұрын
♥♥♥♥ Thanks!! ♥♥♥♥
@user-ko2tk1so7m3 ай бұрын
@@wolfie5411 absolutely. Thanks for all your hard work in these beautiful videos. 💕
@JolienCeusters3 ай бұрын
Wonderful thank you!!
@TheWarmJets-kv4lq3 ай бұрын
❤❤❤ thanks!! ❤❤❤
@jackgoodwin48023 ай бұрын
What a marvelously calm, intimate recording that sounds like you're sitting next to the piano. Added immeasurably to it are the intimate pictures and the ambiance of people who love each other. The thrill of the moment and the compelling happiness of engagement are memories every lover has or regrets losing. This is why McKuen was so internationally beloved: he spoke the universal language that knows no borders.
@fob1xxl4 ай бұрын
When I was 19, this was how it was. Too young, too naive to understand love. Not yet a man. I appreciated every bit of tenderness and attention. Finding Rod in 1968 at the age of 22, he guided me through my manhood. I learned it was ok to love love. To take in and appreciate every gift given. Knowing oneself and loving who you are is what makes it all work. "Thank you, all you one nighters and weekenders that I thought I was in love with." You gave me experience and trust in myself. In 1977 when I was 32, I found someone that stayed. For 40 years . They passed away in 2017. For 40 years I said "Thank you" for another special morning. Thank you for an even better day. Thank you very much because you stayed".......
@fob1xxl4 ай бұрын
Who hasn't experienced this in their life. Young love, old friends, even family. Life brings people in and out of our lives. Sometimes, for a purpose. Sometimes , you are even reunited again. People do change. You may not fit in their requirements at one part of their lives. You too, may require new or different people to be in your life. People change. Even you......
@fob1xxl4 ай бұрын
Rod always seemed to capture "us". Maybe a different city, a different beach, but the same experiences going through life when you're young and searching. To be aware of everything around you is how you feel life. The places, the books, the people. It's all about our lives....
@TheWarmJets-kv4lq4 ай бұрын
Omg what a beautiful story! This song meant so much to me when I made the video. And you totally get it! Thanks for sharing.
@fob1xxl4 ай бұрын
It's exactly how I now feel. When I first found Rod, it was 1968, and I was 23. Recently, I caught a reflection of myself coming out of the shower. I thought, "Who is that? That can't be right!" Well, it was. IT was me. Where did that young muscled Italian go ? I lived a wonderful life. I loved and was loved by the most wonderful person in my life for 40 years until they passed away in 2017. I did almost everything I ever wanted to do. I just wish I knew then what I know now about life. In a week, I'll be 79. I don't want to look in the mirror anymore. I want to remember my youth and how I once lived.......and loved.
@JolienCeusters4 ай бұрын
It !s senual but beautiful senual, a warm place so I see it!!!
@TheWarmJets-kv4lq4 ай бұрын
Thank you!!
@JolienCeusters4 ай бұрын
SO BEAUTIFUL
@user-ko2tk1so7m4 ай бұрын
Great pictures.
@alanmcnamara91554 ай бұрын
I'm not familiar with this one, so it's nice to discover something new.
@jackgoodwin48024 ай бұрын
This is the one that did it for me. For decades I followed McKuen, seeing concerts, buying records and books. I thought that was all there was; I thought I knew this renaissance man who reached into parts of me I hadn't found myself. Along the way we heard the critics who thought he was too sentimental, and maybe we agreed because his gentle longing felt like a guilty pleasure. But this song, more than any of the romantic songs of the past, got inside of the lover, got inside of me, and spoke the same words I had felt and lived. I had been this lover since I was about 10 seeking to understand myself and the world. We all are this lover.
@wolfie54114 ай бұрын
This is one of my very favorite songs...and video's. It "hooked" me on Rod as a teenager. The last lines are so moving....
@jackgoodwin48024 ай бұрын
This haunting version of the song by Rod himself, and these pictures of distressed hearts, remind me how emotionally treacherous the time of seeking love truly was and is. In many ways we never escape it, this constant contest of people and relationships. A Warm Place really knows how to articulate what the heart feels and McKuen narrates. Do sad songs depress us further, or do they fill us with compassion and fellowship? I would argue the latter. We yearn for love.
@jldraw4 ай бұрын
Rod McKeun originally wrote this for the film “Lisa Bright And Dark” which was a television movie of the week for NBC in 1973 and was one of the first films that I’m aware of that dealt with the subject of mental illness in a way that was not derisive. You can hear a demo of “Miles To Go” over the films opening titles. I say demo because on the film’s soundtrack which was never released commercially (a few promo copies exist) there is a different version of the song than the one heard in this video where McKeun is still working the tune. Lead actress Kay Lenz also takes a stab at the song as well with her version being titled “Interrupted Lullaby” on the soundtrack.
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Wonderful song and video.....thank you so much!!
This is probably the quintessential McKuen song, and this video captures the gentle intimacy he always wrote and sang about in everything he produced. This recorded version from After Midnight puts you in a front row table next to the piano. And I can imagine Rod, were he still with us, would use this artist, this friend, A Warm Place, to make videos for him on his website A Safe Place To Land. Like Rod, he’s very sensitive and very sensual. Great job.
One of my favouritest songs, I too am an April People and this resonates with me. Thanks.
Just subbed! Love the video! I’m a huge Rod fan. I have a channel where I discuss all kinds of music.
Thank you Chris!!! I'll check out your channel too. I also have another channel of "non-McKuen" stuff, called "The Warm Jets."
@@wolfie5411 I’ll check it out!!!
I've never heard this one before, it's beautiful, as usual.
Beautiful
Beautiful ❤
His expression of life, growing up, love, and experiences are all so real. He has driven every road to who he became. We all do. He just expressed it better. RIP ROD
Fortunately, this only happened to me once in my life. Finding a love that lasted 40 years with someone who accepted me and loved me for who I was, faults and all. I KNOW what it is like to be loved. I know what it is like to LOVE. Not everyone we think we love is the RIGHT one. Especially when we are young.
Wonderful song and video......thank you!!
Once in a while one of these videos makes me rediscover a McKuen song and the event surprises the hell out of me. The pictures renew and even re-energize the whole experience of listening. The surprise: this is such a confident, aggressive melody its hard to understand why it wasn't a popular hit. And the words tell you what kind of marvelous writer McKuen is with phrases like "My address will be the other side of sorrow." The melody is like a charging train, as this cheeky rider boisterously proclaims: "Is it any wonder a man like me puts his luck in locomotives that go racing to the sea?" Thanks for this great experience, the discovery of a new way to hear music!!
Shit man were are we going 😢
The first (and only) time I heard this song was on a Tom Jones album (early 70s). Went looking for versions of it today and found Frank Sinatra and Tom, and both of them left out the Houston verse. Then I found a McKuen version and he left both of those out and put only the Houston verse. Then I found this and he left out the Denver verse. I love them ALL. I hear variations in the words but they all amount to the same thing. Thank you for posting - this. I'm not sure his Houston version was all the same lyrics in the verse because he was fooling with his dog. .
Rod wrote the song but many have covered it. Even Rod did numerous versions of it changing the lyrics. Not sure why.
I understand you, the first video you make you are proud.I can make videos. I do no more for the moment. Have a nice sunday!
You make videos? Any uploaded to KZread? I subscribed to your channel you have some great playlists!!
@@TheWarmJets-kv4lq I've made videos and put them away, now I don't make any more. Are all videos about love, I lost the love of my life to cancer a few years ago, I took care of my him day and night for a year. I don't easily say this to anyone.
Do you do FB?
@@TheWarmJets-kv4lq Only for my family!!
@@JolienCeusters ok. I understand.
Wonderful poem!!
This is one of my favorites. Also one of the first videos I made. No lyrics on this one. I may re-do it at some point.
Very beautiful......... Age is Better.......thank you for sharing!!
What lovely pictures. Rod sure had a way with words. Amazing.
Beautiful words and video!!
Wonderful song and video.....thank you!!
So beautiful the music and singing......thank you!!
Да !!!!!!!!!! ❤
Спасибо !!! ❤
Оригинально ! Сочетание звуков потрясающее ! Человеческий голос, моя любимая гитара и рожок ! Что может быть лучше !!! ❤
😊❤
Ой !!!!!!!!! Сердце ❤️, переполняется теплом и счастьем, при этих звуках, как звучит оркестр !!! Потпясающе ! Спасибо !!! ❤❤
So sorry Sir all is so beautiful......I will read about Rod McKuen, life is not easy .Rod will be happy what you do all good night!!
Ahh the innocence of young love. What a lovely video.
Good morning Sir,so beautiful again love you voice,have a nice day!!
That's not MY voice. I wish. I make video's to other artists songs. This is Rod McKuen, who passed away in 2015. He was a very famous singer, songwriter and poet. You should look him up and read a little about him.
My first McKuen album in 1969, a gift to my first crush. I too remember it all, especially the intensity of young love before hurt and cynicism. This video is exceptional, and make no mistake, this is exactly what McKuen was talking about. The yearning for love is in all of us, and we never lose it.
Beautiful! Well done Rod.
Ah .....to be young and in love again. How beautiful it all was. The innocence of youth is so beautiful. I remember it all, as if it were yesterday.
So beautiful Rod,I have listen two times wonderful.....thank you!!
You might be the only other person who really loved Rod’s ASPTL 2 CD set as much as I did. Maybe you loved it more, finding jewels like this that I passed over. In correspondence Rod told me he felt he had found new ground with the ASPTL set; this video feels like you have too!! Bravo once again!!!!
Beautiful, vibrant pictures and a very soothing song. Thank you! 💖
Beautiful! ❤
♥♥♥♥ Thanks!! ♥♥♥♥
@@wolfie5411 absolutely. Thanks for all your hard work in these beautiful videos. 💕
Wonderful thank you!!
❤❤❤ thanks!! ❤❤❤
What a marvelously calm, intimate recording that sounds like you're sitting next to the piano. Added immeasurably to it are the intimate pictures and the ambiance of people who love each other. The thrill of the moment and the compelling happiness of engagement are memories every lover has or regrets losing. This is why McKuen was so internationally beloved: he spoke the universal language that knows no borders.
When I was 19, this was how it was. Too young, too naive to understand love. Not yet a man. I appreciated every bit of tenderness and attention. Finding Rod in 1968 at the age of 22, he guided me through my manhood. I learned it was ok to love love. To take in and appreciate every gift given. Knowing oneself and loving who you are is what makes it all work. "Thank you, all you one nighters and weekenders that I thought I was in love with." You gave me experience and trust in myself. In 1977 when I was 32, I found someone that stayed. For 40 years . They passed away in 2017. For 40 years I said "Thank you" for another special morning. Thank you for an even better day. Thank you very much because you stayed".......
Who hasn't experienced this in their life. Young love, old friends, even family. Life brings people in and out of our lives. Sometimes, for a purpose. Sometimes , you are even reunited again. People do change. You may not fit in their requirements at one part of their lives. You too, may require new or different people to be in your life. People change. Even you......
Rod always seemed to capture "us". Maybe a different city, a different beach, but the same experiences going through life when you're young and searching. To be aware of everything around you is how you feel life. The places, the books, the people. It's all about our lives....
Omg what a beautiful story! This song meant so much to me when I made the video. And you totally get it! Thanks for sharing.
It's exactly how I now feel. When I first found Rod, it was 1968, and I was 23. Recently, I caught a reflection of myself coming out of the shower. I thought, "Who is that? That can't be right!" Well, it was. IT was me. Where did that young muscled Italian go ? I lived a wonderful life. I loved and was loved by the most wonderful person in my life for 40 years until they passed away in 2017. I did almost everything I ever wanted to do. I just wish I knew then what I know now about life. In a week, I'll be 79. I don't want to look in the mirror anymore. I want to remember my youth and how I once lived.......and loved.
It !s senual but beautiful senual, a warm place so I see it!!!
Thank you!!
SO BEAUTIFUL
Great pictures.
I'm not familiar with this one, so it's nice to discover something new.
This is the one that did it for me. For decades I followed McKuen, seeing concerts, buying records and books. I thought that was all there was; I thought I knew this renaissance man who reached into parts of me I hadn't found myself. Along the way we heard the critics who thought he was too sentimental, and maybe we agreed because his gentle longing felt like a guilty pleasure. But this song, more than any of the romantic songs of the past, got inside of the lover, got inside of me, and spoke the same words I had felt and lived. I had been this lover since I was about 10 seeking to understand myself and the world. We all are this lover.
This is one of my very favorite songs...and video's. It "hooked" me on Rod as a teenager. The last lines are so moving....
This haunting version of the song by Rod himself, and these pictures of distressed hearts, remind me how emotionally treacherous the time of seeking love truly was and is. In many ways we never escape it, this constant contest of people and relationships. A Warm Place really knows how to articulate what the heart feels and McKuen narrates. Do sad songs depress us further, or do they fill us with compassion and fellowship? I would argue the latter. We yearn for love.
Rod McKeun originally wrote this for the film “Lisa Bright And Dark” which was a television movie of the week for NBC in 1973 and was one of the first films that I’m aware of that dealt with the subject of mental illness in a way that was not derisive. You can hear a demo of “Miles To Go” over the films opening titles. I say demo because on the film’s soundtrack which was never released commercially (a few promo copies exist) there is a different version of the song than the one heard in this video where McKeun is still working the tune. Lead actress Kay Lenz also takes a stab at the song as well with her version being titled “Interrupted Lullaby” on the soundtrack.