For today’s Rockin’ Thursday, I’m featuring “Summer of ’69” by Bryan Adams, a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, and photographer. The song was released in 1985 and reached the number 5 spot on the U.S. Billboard charts that same year. The video is from this year, and at 65, the man is still rocking it!
I know some in my WP community were “young and restless” back in the summer of 1969, so I hope you enjoy the video and have a wonderful Rockin’ Thursday!!
You can access the lyrics here.
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This is one of my all-time favorite songs! 🎶 It never gets old, and wow, he’s still got it. 😎 Such a fun video! 😂 Funny enough, I was born in the fall of ’69 🍂
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Thank you, Willie. I guess you were too little to be part of the “young and restless.”
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I’m still too little 😂
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I enjoyed that, Ed. Thank you.
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Thank you, Sandra.
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Fun song. I think I saw Bryan Adams at the Minneapolis outdoor bandstand one year in the 1990s!
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That’s cool. I remember the first time I heard one of his songs. It was the soundtrack for Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves with Kevin Costner. “(Everything I Do) I Do It for You”—what a beautiful song.
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I liked that movie, but I wonder how the heroine went from defending herself to being helpless? 😉 I know that song of his well.
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Well… you know how Hollywood works.
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Damsel in distress…
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As a Canadian … I’m familiar with much of Bryan Adams’ work. Although this tune was released in 1985, when I had pretty much traded in rocking for the busyness of career, married life, and raising our daughter … I very much enjoy it now and it’s on one of my power walking playlists.
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It’s definitely a good song for your power walking playlist. Thank you, Terry.
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Bryan Adams! My first concert. Love this, Edward!
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Awesome! Thank you, Wynne.
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Something so timeless and familiar to nearly everyone in the lines,
“Standin’ on your mama’s porch
You told me that it’d last forever
Oh, and when you held my hand
I knew that it was now or never…”
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Right? Thank you, Sheila.
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Funny story… I called in and got through to a radio station as a teenager and was able to speak to Bryan Adams. 😂
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Whaaat? That’s awesome!
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I recorded the interview with my little cassette player. 🤣 Unfortunately, that tape is long gone. Funny to think back on that, thank you for the reminder. 🎶
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You’re welcome, Michele, and I bet it was a sweet moment.
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Crowd seems to know all the words – wow.
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I know, right? I watched another video of one of his concerts in a larger stadium, and that crowd was definitely into his music. They sang a big chunk of the beginning of one of his songs.
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I remember this song very well. I always liked it. As for the summer of ’69, I was about to enter 9th grade.
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So, you were one of the “young and restless”—just kidding! I think I was one of the “young and restless” when I was 17 or 18. I like his songs, and he is a great musician. Thank you for visiting, Liz.
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You’re welcome, Edward. No, just young and blissfully ignorant.
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Ah, yes—we all were.
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Great artist 💯👏👏 Thank you for this post 🙏
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You’re very welcome, Chris.
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This is such a cool song, Edward. Oldie but goodie.
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Indeed, it’s a very good song. Thank you, my friend.
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Great post! He always plays with some fantastic musicians!
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Definitely, and the audience was fully engaged in the concert, which is a good thing.
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