it always reminds me of that cold day long ago every time I hear it.TIME passages!!! I had heard it before and liked it very much but this time it played to the hustle and bustle of shoppers. as I was pulling into the parking lot I noticed many folks some young some old scurrying about with packages some towing children trying to beat the cold.and this song came on the radio it was bleak cold windy blustery and looked to snow at anytime. Tim Chestnut from Conway ScI was a 1979 class senior in HS from Myrtle Beach High when this song first came out.near Christmas that year in 1978 I was heading to our local mall to do some Christmas shopping.Sadly they divorced, but it was a moment of real joy for me & my parents. One of my happiest memories of youth was me playing this song on my boombox and my mom and dad got up and started dancing with each other to the song. Hucklecat from New Jersey UsaSorry to hear that Al doesn't like it.Josh from Dublin, IrelandI actually prefer this song to YOTC.More acoustic guitar would always be good in Al's case! Maybe it's just the arrangement, in which case perhaps he ought to re-record it with a different feel. It's a very insightful observation about life too. John from Rhodes, GreeceI agree that it's a shame that reportedly Al doesn't like this song.Over 40s years later whenever I hear this song, it takes me back in time. Tom from San JoseIt was December 3, 1978, I was out on the first date with my high school sweetheart and Time Passages played on the car radio.Dave from Lancashire My favourite al Stewart song this song is total class, I don’t think al has ever rote a bad song, compared to the rubbish what’s out today this song would blow them away.My views are my own and just my own opinion. That just invokes clear thoughts of the day winding down peacefully. Especially the lines about the last train home tonight. As it is sure to summon up pleasant dreams. You can jam to it anywhere, but with its soothing melody,you can listen to it before going to bed. Db from North CarolinaI suppose with his artistic license, Al has a right to dislike the song.I know you're in there, you're just out of sightīuy me a ticket on the last train home tonight…” Is it that you are dreaming of an old friend who is no longer with us? But, please explain what this verse means. Always a little tearful listening to these songs and realising 'I'm not young anymore'. as I can with the rest of the album and the whole of the Year of the Cat album. Natalie from Principality Of Monaco This is a stunningly beautiful masterpiece.Anonymous from Anywhere But Down this song to me is mesmerizing it takes me back to a time I'm not familiar with but yet I am I know it sounds weird the saxophone is so so seductive I can't explain it but I can never ever ever get sick of this song ever because of the state of mine it puts me in.You know how you're just sitting there and all of a sudden a scene from your past pops into your head? Time passages. Jerome from PaTo me Al is talking about day dreaming and then snapping out of it.The sax is magnificent and from what I've read holds the record for the highest note ever hit on a Billboard chart song. It's a feel good song with a wonderful set of lyrics and a fantastic hook line of "Buy me a ticket on the last train home tonight". John Boutet from Buffalo, NyOne of my favorite songs of all time.Louis Cancilla from New JerseyWhen I hear Year of the Cat and Time Passages, it takes me to my youth back in the military in Germany.But to say that the song was written to satisfy the record company - that was an issue that never even came up! And yes I'm very proud of this song, which still gets radio airplay every day!" (Learn more about Peter at send your comment Comments: 30 (The saxophonist was Phil Kenzie, who had also played the stellar solo on YOTC). The words and melody were mostly from Al and the musical bed and instrumental breaks were mostly my ideas and even if Al says he doesn't like the song, he has been playing it onstage consistently for the last 32 years! As soon as we added the saxophone in the studio there were obvious comparisons to YOTC. There was no attempt or even conversation about writing anything similar to ' Year Of The Cat' which Al wrote with Peter Wood. I had come up with the electric piano riff which starts the song and together we put together the verse and the chorus, based on that recurring riff. In June 2010, Peter told us: "Al and I wrote this song together in 1977. Stewart wrote this with the guitarist Peter White, who started touring as a member of Stewart's band in 1975 and collaborated with him for the next 20 years.
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